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Mariësse van Sluisveld
Dr. Mariësse van Sluisveld is a researcher with extensive knowledge of energy and climate policy assessment in line with global climate agreements. She has expertise in quantitative computational modelling, scenario and data analysis and data visualization. Her specialty is defining and testing the plausibility of quantitative scenarios and metrics on systems change.
Education
PhD Macro-energy systems and future change
Utrecht University & PBL Netherlands Environmental Assessment Agency
Utrecht/ Bilthoven, The Netherlands
2017 - 2012
- Thesis title: “2C through different lenses”
MSc Environmental Sciences
Utrecht University
Utrecht, The Netherlands
2011 - 2009
- Thesis title: Paradox in Packaging Optimization
BSc Environmental Sciences
Utrecht University
Utrecht, The Netherlands
2009 - 2006
- Thesis title: Olivine: The underdog in climate mitigation
Research Experience
Researcher Industry Decarbonization
Lund University
Lund, Sweden
current - 2020
- Developing decarbonization pathways for carbon intensive industries in Europe
Researcher Climate and Energy
PBL Netherlands Environmental Assessment Agency
The Hague, The Netherlands
2019 - 2017
- Working on decarbonization strategies for heavy industry under the auspices of the European Union funded H2020 REINVENT project
Researcher Climate and Energy
PBL Netherlands Environmental Assessment Agency
Bilthoven, The Netherlands
2016 - 2014
- Working on long-term implications of diverging actor behaviours on meeting the 2C climate objective under the auspices of the European Union FP-7 funded PATHWAYS project
Researcher Global Change Modelling
Utrecht University
Utrecht, The Netherlands
2014 - 2012
- Working on regional decarbonization strategies in line with the 2C climate objective under the auspices of the European Union funded FP-7 LIMITS and AMPERE projects
Extracurricular
Member of the scientific working group on Evaluation and Diagnostics
Integrated Assessment Modelling Consortium
International
current - 2019
- The SWG Evaluation and Diagnostics fosters activities that help describe, document and understand the performance of integrated assessment models.
PBL Academy
PBL Netherlands Environmental Assessment Agency
The Hague, The Netherlands
2019 - 2017
- PBL Academy is the organisation at PBL that develops trainings and organizes events and lectures around the interface between science and policy
Board member PBL Young
PBL Netherlands Environmental Assessment Agency
Bilthoven, The Netherlands
2016 - 2014
- PBL Young is the young department at PBL representing the interest and development of young employees at PBL
Board member YES-DC
N/A
Utrecht, The Netherlands
2014 - 2013
- YES-DC is the Young Professionals network on Energy & Development Cooperation
Research papers
NOTE: I have collaborated with experts in the field working on energy modelling, socio-technical studies, system dynamics, social sciences. My coauthor network consists of 23+ different research affiliations (see final page for big view)
Several studies have also been picked up in more popular writing and policy relevant reports:
- Sluisveld et al (2018) in Carbon Brief
- Sluisveld et al (2018) in EnergiePodium
- Sluisveld & Worrell in IPCC AR5
Aligning integrated assessment modelling with socio-technical transition insights: An application to low-carbon energy scenario analysis in Europe
Technological Forecasting and Social Change
Cited: 22x
2020
- MAE van Sluisveld, AF Hof, S Carrara, FW Geels, M Nilsson, K Rogge, …
Actors, decision-making, and institutions in quantitative system modelling
Technological Forecasting and Social Change
Cited: 11x
2020
- E De Cian, S Dasgupta, AF Hof, MAE van Sluisveld, J Köhler, B Pfluger, …
From global to national scenarios: Bridging different models to explore power generation decarbonisation based on insights from socio-technical transition case studies
Technological Forecasting and Social Change
Cited: 1x
2020
- AF Hof, S Carrara, E De Cian, B Pfluger, MAE van Sluisveld, HS de Boer, …
A European industrial development policy for prosperity and zero emissions
Cited: 0x
2020
- LJ Nilsson, M Åhman, F Bauer, K Ericsson, B Johansson, M van Sluisveld, …
Improved modelling of lifestyle changes in Integrated Assessment Models: Cross-disciplinary insights from methodologies and theories
Energy Strategy Reviews
Cited: 5x
2019
- NJ van den Berg, AF Hof, L Akenji, OY Edelenbosch, MAE van Sluisveld, …
Alternative pathways to the 1.5 C target reduce the need for negative emission technologies
Nature climate change
Cited: 183x
2018
- DP Van Vuuren, E Stehfest, DEHJ Gernaat, M Van Den Berg, DL Bijl, …
Comparing future patterns of energy system change in 2° C scenarios to expert projections
Global Environmental Change
Cited: 5x
2018
- MAE Van Sluisveld, MJHM Harmsen, DP Van Vuuren, V Bosetti, C Wilson, …
Open discussion of negative emissions is urgently needed
Nature energy
Cited: 73x
2017
- DP Van Vuuren, AF Hof, MAE Van Sluisveld, K Riahi
Low-carbon strategies towards 2050: Comparing ex-ante policy evaluation studies and national planning processes in Europe
Environmental Science & Policy
Cited: 3x
2017
- MAE van Sluisveld, AF Hof, DP van Vuuren, P Boot, P Criqui, FC Matthes, …
Exploring the implications of lifestyle change in 2 C mitigation scenarios using the IMAGE integrated assessment model
Technological Forecasting and Social Change
Cited: 52x
2016
- MAE van Sluisveld, SH Martínez, V Daioglou, DP van Vuuren
Post-2020 climate agreements in the major economies assessed in the light of global models
Nature Climate Change
Cited: 138x
2015
- M Tavoni, E Kriegler, K Riahi, DP Van Vuuren, T Aboumahboub, A Bowen, …
Comparing future patterns of energy system change in 2 C scenarios with historically observed rates of change
Global Environmental Change
Cited: 34x
2015
- MAE van Sluisveld, JHM Harmsen, N Bauer, DL McCollum, K Riahi, …
The paradox of packaging optimization–a characterization of packaging source reduction in the Netherlands
Resources, Conservation and Recycling
Cited: 30x
2013
- MAE Van Sluisveld, E Worrell
A multi-model analysis of post-2020 mitigation efforts of five major economies
Climate Change Economics
Cited: 25x
2013
- MAE Van Sluisveld, DEHJ Gernaat, S Ashina, KV Calvin, A Garg, M Isaac, …
Material efficiency in Dutch packaging policy
Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society A: Mathematical, Physical …
Cited: 12x
2013
- E Worrell, MAE van Sluisveld
Research reports
NOTE: I have worked on commissioned work on a national or international level. Next to research reports I have also contributed to other materials:
- Interactive on Energietransitie: Joulebak 2050
- Editor of the biannual newsletter of the IAMC (2016-2018)
Workshop report on Heavy Industry in Climate Change Mitigation scenarios
EU H2020 deliverable (REINVENT)
Published deliverable
2019
- Van Sluisveld, M.A.E., de Boer, H.S., Hof, A.H., van Vuuren, D.P., Schneider, C., Knoop,K., Saurat, M., Lechtenboehmer, S.
European decarbonisation scenarios for industry
EU H2020 deliverable (REINVENT)
Published deliverable
2018
- van Sluisveld, M.A.E., de Boer, H.S., Hof, A.H., van Vuuren, D.P., Schneider, C., Lechtenboehmer, S.
Existing visions and scenarios for European industry decarbonisatio
EU H2020 deliverable (REINVENT)
Published deliverable
2017
- Schneider, C., Friege, J., Samedi, S., Lechtenboehmer, S. , van Sluisveld, M.A.E., de Boer, H.S., Hof, A.H., van Vuuren, D.P.
Low-carbon energy scenarios in six north-west European countries
PBL Netherlands Environmental Assessment Agency
Report
2016
- Mariesse van Sluisveld, Pieter Boot, Pieter Hammingh, Jos Notenboom, Detlef van Vuuren
Implications of Long-Term Scenarios for Medium-Term Targets (2050)
PBL Netherlands Environmental Assessment Agency
Report
2015
- van Vuuren, DP, van Sluisveld, M, Hof, AF
Long-term climate policy targets and implications for 2030
PBL Netherlands Environmental Assessment Agency
Report
2014
- van Vuuren, DP; Elzen; M. den, Hof; A, Roelfsema; M, Lucas; PL, van Sluisveld; M.A.E., Gernaat; DEHJ, Otto; AAC, Berg; M van den, Harmsen; JHM, Schaeffer; M, Admiraal, A,
Science impact
NOTE I have published in a diverse range of (interdisciplinary) academic journals with various impacts
Presentations & Invited Talks
NOTE: Here follows a list of performed research dissemination activities and further activities relating to gaining feedback from peers and the broader audiences.
(EUCalc Stakeholder Workshop @ Vienna)
In some cases I have been rewarded external funding to disseminate results:
- European Commissions & ICF travel funding for IAMC2019
What differences has COVID-19 made to decarbonisation?
Earth System Governance 2020
Zoom
2020-09-15
- Speaker during the Semi-Plenary Session on COVID-19 and Zero Carbon? Emergent possibilities of climate responses in times of crises
How to jump start industry decarbonization in the wake of the corona crisis?
ECEEE/RENEW industry
Zoom
2020-06-17
- Discussion leader on the effects on “negative emissons”
Futuring application: The mystique of crunching numbers
Lund University
Zoom
2020-04-08
- Guest lecture for “FMIN05 Climate as science and politics” (Environmental and Energy Systems course)
Lifestyle narratives in model-based scenarios
The Green House
Utrecht, The Netherlands
2020-03-04
- Invited talk at the Storyworlds of Decarbonization seminar
Comparing quantitative industry decarbonization perspectives towards 2050 for Europe
Tsukuba International Congress Center
Tsukuba, Japan
2019-12-02
- Invited talk at the 12th Integrated Assessment Modeling Community 2019 meeting
To invest in lock-in or in structural change? Analysis of decarbonization strategies for heavy industry
UIC-P Espaces Congres
Paris, France
2019-06-03
- Invited talk at the 38th International Energy Workshop 2019 meeting
Pathways & global sustainability science
Utrecht University
Utrecht, The Netherlands
2019-05-07
- Invited guest lecture at the BSc Global Sustainability Science course ‘Global Integration Project GEO2-2417’
Session: The time and speed of the transition and policy instruments to support the transition and local versus global participation
NTNU
Trondheim, Norway
2019-03-29
- Invited talk at the Industry Decarbonization stakeholder workshop during the Energy Transition Week 2019
Industry decarbonization by 2050
Representation of the State of North Rhine-Westphalia to the European Union
Brussels, Belgium
2018-11-29
- Poster Presentation REINVENT scenarios at the Understanding Innovation Dynamics for Low-Carbon Transitions in Resource-Intensive Industries stakeholder workshop
Scenarios for Decarbonising European Industries
Haus der Industrie
Vienna, Austria
2018-07-10
- Invited talk at the European Calculator Expert Consultation
National energy roadmaps towards 2050 and model input for analysis
European Environmental Agency (EEA)
Copenhagen, Denmark
2016-11-22
- Roundtable meeting
Comparing future patterns of energy system change in 2C scenarios with historically observed rates of change
Seminaris SeeHotel
Potsdam, Germany
2015-11-16
- Invited talk at the 8th Annual Meeting of the Integrated Assessment Modeling Consortium
Comparing future patterns of energy system change in 2C scenarios with historically observed rates of change
University of Sussex
Brighton, United Kingdom
2015-11-16
- Invited talk at the International Sustainable Transitions Conference 2015
The feasibility of alternative mitigation scenarios
The Senate House
London, United Kingdom
2015-04-21
- Invited talk at the WholeSEM, BE4 workshop
The feasibility of technological change - preliminary results
Xijiao Hotel
Beijing, China
2014-06-04
- FP-7 LIMITS project meeting talk
The potential of lifestyle and lifestyle change in 2 degree scenarios - preliminary results
IIASA
Laxenburg, Austria
2013-09-27
- FP-7 LIMITS project meeting talk
A multi-model analysis of post-2020 mitigation efforts of five major economies
The Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences
Amsterdam, The Netherlands
2013-02-12
- FP-7 LIMITS project meeting talk
Multimedia
REINVENT
European Innovation and Research Days
Online
2020-09-22
- Featured as speaker in a promotional video about the H2020 REINVENT project
Event planning
NOTE: I have also been very keen on bringing people and places together, to get some real-world insights on the subjects at hand. The following list elaborates on the platforms that I have helped to create.
(IEA WEO event 2018 @ PBL)
I have organized many of the activities under the banner of:
- FP7 and H2020 EU projects
- YES-DC (board 2013-2014)
- PBL Young (board 2014-2016)
- PBL Academy (commission 2018-2019)
Stakeholder workshop Heavy industry in climate change mitigation scenarios
PBL Netherlands Environmental Assessment Agency
The Hague, The Netherlands
2019-03-27
- 20 participants, organized on behalf of the H2020 project REINVENT, inviting stakeholders from CEFIC, VNP, World Steel Association, IEA, Fraunhofer-ISI, FfE, Wuppertal Institute
PBL Academy Lecture World Energy Outlook 2018
PBL Netherlands Environmental Assessment Agency
The Hague, The Netherlands
2018-11-15
- 200 participants, inviting Fatih Birol (IEA) & Dutch Minister of Economic Affairs and Climate Policy Eric Wiebes (Min EZK) to talk
IMAGE 3.2 advisory board meeting
PBL Netherlands Environmental Assessment Agency
The Hague, The Netherlands
2018-11-09
- With Jae Edmonds (PNNL), Bert Metz, Marcel Berk (Dutch Ministry of Economic Affairs and Climate Policy), Keywan Riahi (IIASA), Dolf Gielen (IRENA) and Rob Dellink (OECD) as part of the advisory committee, 16 participants
Symposium Changes in the interaction between science and policy, focusing on the development of energy and climate sciences and the application of modelling tools
PBL Netherlands Environmental Assessment Agency
The Hague, The Netherlands
2018-11-09
- inviting Jae Edmonds (PNNL), Leen Hordijk, Marcel Berk (Dutch Ministry of Economic Affairs and Climate Policy), Keywan Riahi (IIASA), Dolf Gielen (IRENA) and Rob Dellink (OECD) for a talk, (90 participants) PBL, Den haag
PBL round table Low-carbon energy scenarios in NW European countries
Hotel Karel V
Utrecht, The Netherlands
2016-06-10
- Participants from UK (UKERC), Germany (Oko-Institut, Fraunhofer-ISI), France (UPMF Grenoble), Denmark (Danish Energy Agency), Belgium (Federal Planning Bureau), the Netherlands (PBL) and the European Commission, 21 participants
Symposium The road to Paris <U+0096> Climate Change Policy & Practice
Academy Hall
Utrecht, The Netherlands
2015-04-01
- 65 participants, organized on behalf of Young Energy Specialists and Development Cooperation (YES-DC)
Symposium ’Successes and failures in the dialogue between science and policy
Leeuwenberg church
Utrecht, The Netherlands
2015-04-01
- 120 participants, organized by PBL Netherlands Environmental Assessment Agency for Leo Meyer
Congress The new world order - shifting geopolitics
Academy Hall
Utrecht, The Netherlands
2014-11-15
- 60 participants, organized on behalf of Young Energy Specialists and Development Cooperation (YES-DC)
Symposium The role of materials in the energy transition
Academy Hall
Utrecht, The Netherlands
2013-11-19
- 40 participants, organized on behalf of Young Energy Specialists and Development Cooperation (YES-DC)
Workshop The feasibility of transitions in 2 degree scenarios
Pietershof
Utrecht, The Netherlands
2012-09-25
- 25 participants, organized on behalf of the FP-7 projects RESPONSES/LIMITS
Outreach
Author Network
NOTE: I have enjoyed collaborating with 23 different kinds of research institutes all over the globe.